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When I first told my family in the Emirates that I had been accepted to a PhD programme at the University of Cambridge, my father’s bewildered reaction was to…
At 9 months pregnant, I had two promising phone interviews. Given my advanced pregnancy, and how unpredictable babies’ arrivals can be, my contact at a medical…
Rejection sucks. It can affect us like physical pain. When I was a law student I applied to a significant number of law firms for a job. Despite many interviews, I didn…
- Elaine Gregersen
- April 11, 2019
I am a procrastinator. Yes, that’s right, I’m comfortable enough to admit it now. I have honed expert procrastination skills over the years, but the most…
Doing a dissertation is an emotionally draining process - a known fact! Despite having several different ways of coping, I sometimes find myself crying. And I am not…
- Claudia González
- April 1, 2019
If you followed me to work every day, you would think that my job is to be a face. Here are the glowing reviews: a NASA Goddard space science consultant, an…
- Monica Vidaurri
- March 29, 2019
I have been thinking recently about my PhD journey. While it may seem that my journey was a bright and shiny thing, this is not completely so. Towards the end of 2010, I…
- Sherran Clarence
- March 26, 2019
I’m very privileged – I have a supportive family, supportive friends, a loving partner, a nice, safe place to live, health insurance, clean running water, and all of my…
- Dr Anna Boegehold
- March 22, 2019
Out of a sense of mutiny about the world around me, I decided to fail the final exams of my Bachelors’ degree. It was my way of rejecting the life imagined for me by…
- Indira Rao
- March 19, 2019
Recently, I posted on Facebook about how well I'd done academically this past semester as a full-time student who works full-time and also, somehow, found the time to…